snook
/snuːk/noun, verb
snook is spelled S-N-O-O-K: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, snook means “A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of snook is snooks.
How many letters and syllables are in snook?
| Letters | 5: S-N-O-O-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is snook?
Snook appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce snook?
- /snuːk/
Snook has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-snook.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of snook
- snooks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- snoek
- snooking participle, present
- snooked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snook mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
- 2
Centropomus undecimalis (common snook).
- 3
Any of various other ray-finned fishes in several families.
- 4
UKderogatoryA disrespectful gesture, performed by placing the tip of a thumb on one's nose with the fingers spread, and typically while wiggling the fingers back and forth.
verb
- 1
To fish for snook.
- 2
obsoleteTo sniff out.
- 3
obsoleteTo lurk; to lie in ambush.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does snook come from?
From Dutch snoek (“pike, Esox”). Doublet of snoek; perhaps more distantly related to snake.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).